# Dashboard {#en_dbl_about}

A section with information about working with Dashboard, an interface intended for use by merchant employees, and the Data API for retrieving operation data.

This section provides the information about working with the Dashboard interface.

## Overview and getting started {#section_b5y_grc_c5b .section}

The information about the Dashboard interface and how to start using it:

-   [Overview](en_dbl_overview.md#)introduces the interface, its special characteristics, and how to access it.
-   [Core capabilities and role-based access model](en_dbl_roles_overview.md#)covers core capabilities, supported access roles and their specific characteristics as well as distribution of access rights to different roles.
-   [Interaction with the interface](en_dbl_interfaces.md#)describes essential interface elements: main menu, sections, and lists.
-   [Managing projects](en_dbl_projects.md#)goes over individual settings of your projects you can configure in Dashboard and working with callback settings.

## Working with the interface {#section_wn2_vrc_c5b .section}

The information about a range of tasks that Dashboard allows you to accomplish and the necessary instructions:

-   [Monitoring and performing payments](en_dbl_payments.md#)covers monitoring payments, performing various types of purchases, refunds, and payouts as well as managing regular COF purchases \(subscriptions\) via Dashboard.
-   [Financial accounting](en_dbl_balances.md#)discusses balances and the special aspects of their use as well as monitoring balances via Dashboard.
-   [Risk management](en_dbl_risks.md#)introduces the basics of risk management and goes over monitoring fraudulent operations and using whitelists and blacklists via Dashboard.

## Related interfaces {#section_q21_bsc_c5b .section}

The information about features and technical aspects of the Data API interface that allows you to get data about operations, chargebacks, and balances–[Using Data API](en_dbl_api_protocol.md).

-   **[Overview](en_dbl_overview.md#)**  
An article with the introductory information about the Dashboard interface, its special aspects and access model.
-   **[Core capabilities and role-based access model](en_dbl_roles_overview.md#)**  
An article about core capabilities of Dashboard, supported access roles, and distribution of access rights to different roles.
-   **[Interaction with the interface](en_dbl_interfaces.md#)**  
An article about working with the essential interface elements of Dashboard: main menu, sections, and lists.
-   **[Managing projects](en_dbl_projects.md#)**  
An article about the capabilities of configuring project settings in Dashboard, including callback settings and Apple Pay domain verification.
-   **[Monitoring and performing payments](en_dbl_payments.md#)**  
An article about the capabilities of monitoring payments, performing various types of purchases, refunds, and payouts as well as managing regular COF purchases \(subscriptions\) via Dashboard.
-   **[Receiving financial statements via email](en_dbl_financial_statements.md)**  

-   **[Financial accounting](en_dbl_balances.md#)**  
An article about balances for working with the platform and the special aspects of their use as well as monitoring balances and currency exchange rates and working with bank accounts via Dashboard.
-   **[Risk management](en_dbl_risks.md#)**  
An article about risk management in ecommerce and the capabilities of monitoring fraudulent operations and configuring blacklists via Dashboard.
-   **[Working with chargeback callbacks](en_dbl_chargeback_callbacks.md#)**  
An article about the capabilities of working with callbacks that communicate information about events occurring within the chargeback process.
-   **[Using Data API](en_dbl_api_protocol.md)**  
Articles about the capabilities and technical specifics of the Data API that allows retrieving information about operations, chargebacks, and balances.
-   **[Data API](data_api.md)**  
The Data API specification with the descriptions of data structures and schemas for generating requests to different endpoints.